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Announcing the 2018 Canada’s Safest Employers

Winners were celebrated at gala event in Toronto on Thursday

By Amanda Silliker

10/18/2018|www.cos-mag.com

Canadian Occupational Safety is pleased to announce the winners of the eight annual Canada’s Safest Employers awards, recognizing health and safety excellence from coast to coast. Thirty-one companies were recognized at a gala event in Toronto on Thursday.

Three special awards were also handed out: The Wellness Award (for employee overall well-being); the Psychological Safety Award (for employee mental health); and the Young Worker Safety Award (for an employer with programs geared for keeping workers under age 25 safe).

The top prize of the evening is Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award, which recognizes a company that not only has all everyone in its organization committed to safety (from C-suite executives to workers in the field), but also extends this passion for safety into the broader community.

Watch for the October/November 2018 issue of COSfor complete coverage on the winners. Learn more about the awards here, including details on the nomination and judging process as well as listings of past winners.

Click on the company name of each gold winner (and all three of the culture award winners) for an exclusive article and video outlining its award-winning programs.